"You're saying Downs let me lead the team to win? Is he willing to listen to me? "Okafor doesn't trust his ears very much.

"If I'm not mistaken, that's what he seems to say." Hamilton replied with this on his lips, but said in his heart: "Of course, it is also possible that I heard it wrong, and Downs did not say that." ”

In view of the current score difference, Okafor did not have time to verify the authenticity, and directly found the coach to take the initiative to ask to play, and said that he was "willing to do his best to help his teammates and strive for victory together." ”

Okafor's sudden 180° turn in attitude made the coach of the Eastern High School Star team hesitate, he was worried that Okafor had some bad ideas to deal with Downs, so he didn't agree immediately, but said to Okafor kindly: "Okafor, please calm down for a while, it's time for the first official timeout soon, and I'll replace you on the court at that time, you can rest a little more at this time." ”

Okafor secretly scolded: "This idiot! What a waste of effort! He turned around and sat back on the bench.

Hamilton, who was next to him, made an "OK" gesture to Russell on the field. Russell turned his head to look at Hamilton's kung fu but was seized by Horgist, a large forward change of direction shook Russell, went straight to the basket, jumped up in the paint area, and bumped into Downs who came up with the air to make up the block.

There were bursts of exclamations from the audience, this was the first time that Haugist had a direct physical confrontation with Downs, there was a significant difference in height and weight between the two people, many viewers were not optimistic about Hoggist, and even some timid female viewers covered their eyes.

However, the audience who covered their eyes always missed the opportunity to witness this wonderful moment with their own eyes, Hoggist jumped in the air, turned sideways, grabbed the ball with his right hand and stretched it back to the extreme, and made close contact with Downs's chest with his left shoulder. Even if Downs stretched out his arm, it was just one foul.

Many of the spectators with their eyes covered were awakened by the exclamations of others, but by the time they tried to watch it again, it was all over, Howgist had fallen back to the ground, and Downs was standing on the floor outside the bottom line.

"What happened? Could it be that Hougist knocked Downs into the air? The audience, who hadn't seen what had just happened, anxiously inquired around.

And the audience who witnessed it sold off again, "You guys wait to see the replay yourself!" ”

Downs' foul triggered an official timeout, and the big screen began to replay Hougist's dunk. All the spectators on the sidelines, including those who had already witnessed the dunk, craned their necks and reveled in the repeated replays from multiple angles and multiple camera positions over and over again.

"That's so unreal! Downs was knocked off the ground by such a big guy? ”

"You haven't seen Hoggist play in Summer League, have you? At the age of 17, he was already not afraid of NBA-level physical confrontation! He doesn't know how hard he is stronger than these high school graduates! Otherwise, why the fans in Texas, California, and Nevada in the West say that he graduated from high school and went directly to the draft, which is undoubtedly a lottery show! ”

"With the strength that Hoggist showed tonight, I will definitely choose him as the champion!"

Fans on the sidelines watched Hougist's dunk replay and began to talk about it. Everyone's point of view is roughly the same, they all feel that Hoggist is really not a thing in the pool, and entering the alliance in the future will definitely bring a bloody storm!

The official timeout came a little earlier, and the coach had to keep his promise to let Okafor and Downs play together. The two of them seemed quite polite on the surface at this time, and they actually smiled and nodded at each other.

What is wrong with these two people? Aren't they all rumored to have a bad relationship? And the two of them were really still having trouble at the beginning, why are they so polite now?

The other players of the East Army didn't think too much about it, and now the two of them are willing to work together to make a final effort to win, and it's too late for everyone to be happy!

Russell quietly pulled Hamilton aside and asked curiously, "How did you convince Okafor to be Downs' helper?" ”

"Shhhh Be quiet, and don't let them hear you! Hamilton hurriedly covered Russell's mouth, "I didn't tell Okafor the truth at all, I fooled him into saying that Downs was willing to give him a hand!" ”

"What?" Russell screamed even louder, causing all of his teammates to turn their heads to look at them.

"That's right! You heard it right, I'm just saying I'm going to blow up Haugist! Hamilton mustered up the courage to shout cheekily.

"I'll go, you're insane?"

"Yes, I've been driven crazy by Hogist again."

When they heard Hamilton's nonsense, they all felt that he had lost his mind, and turned back to ignore him.

Hamilton let out a sigh of relief and lowered his voice to reproach Russell, "It's a shame! I'm already thin-skinned, so I have to cover it up for you in this shameless way! Let you be quiet, I finally fooled him, if you mess with this voice, it will be over. ”

"What's going on? We just asked you to come down and find out what Okafor was talking about, why did you make decisions for us? Such a big thing, you can't hide it! Sooner or later, you have to wear a goof, do you know how serious the consequences of goofs are? ”

"I've probed him first, and he's the same as Downs! It's all about asking the other party to listen to their own orders! This is clearly not a cooperation. What can I do? can only flicker first, isn't it time for them to cooperate now? For today's plan, I can only rely on you to help them fool on the field, and if you can fool them into playing one more round, you will earn one round! ”

"Damn, that's the only way, from now on, we'll try not to let the two of them communicate verbally, so it shouldn't be a goof!." Russell thought about it, and there was no turning back when he opened his bow, and this was the only way to go. Russell went to Booker and R.J. Hunter and whispered their advice, and they nodded in agreement.

At this time, Booker saw that Downs deliberately moved his position and sat next to Okafor, as if he wanted to take the initiative to chat with Okafor, Booker hurriedly squeezed away everyone and sat on the other side of Okafor, and said: "I said Jahir, you will attract the bag in the low position later, but you have to give us the ball in time!" We're three points fast! ”

"You have to make sure you can get in!" Okafor was also about to talk to Downs and save Downs' face, but suddenly a Booker came to talk to him. Okafor dealt with Booker impatiently.

Seeing this, Russell hurriedly grabbed Downs and started chatting, which avoided the embarrassing situation of stillbirth in the cooperation plan between the two of them. Fortunately, it didn't take a few words to talk about the pause time and it was over. Everyone returned to the court, and the sharp-eyed Hoggist found Okafor and Towns on the court at the same time, and Hougist clapped his hands to remind his teammates, "Brothers, the most difficult moment of this game is coming, and the difference we worked so hard to open up is to cope with this moment!" Withstand their strongest firepower, and victory will eventually belong to us! ”

Hougist's inspiring speech made his teammates very nervous, no one has ever seen the combined power of Downs and Okafor, everything still exists only in legends and imaginations, today for the first time to witness the combination of the two strongest inside lines in the 14th class, and to compete with one of them, how can it not make everyone nervous?

Hoggist walked to the free-throw line and looked at Towns and Okafor as they were about to grab rebounds on either side, and he wanted to test whether the relationship was really reconciled or if it was as detached as it had been. So while waiting for the referee to give him the ball, he pretended to be casual and asked, "Yo, you two are reconciled?" ”

Downs was quite straightforward, he didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly: "I admit that I'm not your opponent, you're too difficult to deal with, but the two of us can definitely defeat you together!" ”

After Downs finished speaking, Hunter, who was standing on the side and ready to scramble for rebounds, let out a sigh of relief, fortunately, there were no obvious loopholes in Downs's words, and Okafor should not be able to hear that Downs's attitude was just treating him as a helper.

But Hunter's breath was not finished yet, and Hougist made up for it, which directly scared Hunter's soul away.

Horgist felt that his first question was really painless and not very strong, so after getting a not very satisfactory answer, he asked again: "So which of you is Batman and who is Robin?" ”

Downs and Okafor looked at each other and smiled at each other, and said in unison, "Of course Batman is me!" ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other again, but their eyes were faintly unkind, and they seemed to be questioning each other's qualifications to be their helpers.

Hunter even pulled his hair and screamed, "It's all over now!" ”

Okafor yelled at Downs even more angrily: "You gibbon, you dare to lie to me!" said that I was asked to take you to play, but in my heart I still regarded me as your helper! ”

Downs also felt inexplicable, "Obviously what I said is that I don't mind you coming to give me a hand, everyone wins together, you promised to be good, but I didn't expect to still want to be my boss!" ”

The two were arguing, but neither noticed that a ball passed in front of them, until they heard the sound of "dang" in their ears, and the three of them could react, but it was another black shadow flying in front of them, and by the time they were fully conscious, Haugist had already dunked the ball into the basket.

It turned out that Hoggist saw that Downs and Okafor's eyes were not harmonious, and he knew that the cooperation between the two of them should be fooled by their teammates, and Hougist said in his heart that it would not work, since I promised D'Angelo to improve the relationship between the two of them, then I had to let them reconcile from the bottom of their hearts, this kind of two-headed deception is not good.

So Hougist took advantage of the quarrel between the two to shoot directly with free throws, deliberately missed the free throws, and then grabbed the dunk before everyone reacted. The reason why Hoggist provoked them to attack during their quarrel was to make the two of them realize how their actions had hurt the team.

After Horgist landed, he smiled at the stunned Downs and Okafor and said: "You two are so interesting, for a second fight, you can rest assured, after today's game, how you both performed, the audience will not remember, when the final whistle blows, the audience will only cheer for me, after these spectators walk out of the stadium, they will only have my wonderful performance in their minds, they will remember how I blocked your Downs; Will also remember how I cheated the foul Okafor on you. But when the audience returned home, their relatives and friends asked them, how did the two legendary interior stars Downs and Okafor play? The audience watching the game will only say, what is the inside star? This year's interior players are worse than the other, and only one is named Myers. Turner's inside line played well with Hougist. So, don't you two think it's ridiculous that you two are fighting back and forth? ”

Hogist's taunt was so harsh that all five players on the court from the Eastern High School Stars heard it very well. Hunter's face turned pale with fright, and Hougist's taunting Downs and Okafor with such heavy words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, he was afraid that Downs Okafor would fight with Hoggist. It is said that it is rare for a black man to be so pale.

Russell and Booker didn't change their expressions when they heard it, Russell had already roughly guessed Haugist's intentions, so he listened to Haugist's words and understood that he wanted to wake up Downs and Okafor with cruel facts. As for Booker, he didn't think too much about it, he just thought that what Hoggist said made a lot of sense.

Downs and Okafor really understood at this point, and Hougist almost explicitly told them that he was taking advantage of their feud and could only fight alone to break them down. The opponent has already despised and ridiculed the battle of will between the two of them so much, if they are still entangled in personal struggles, it will be too narrow-minded, if they really lose to the western high school star, what can they do if they are better than the other party?

"Are you willing to lose to that cocky bastard?" Downs asked suddenly.

"I'd rather lose to you than to him!" Okafor said a soft word to Downs for the first time.

"Forget Batman and Robin! Now you're Iron Man, I'm Captain America, and it's time for our revenge! Downs held out his right hand.

"When you're a superhero, you have to take advantage of your name! Let's just let you be the captain again! Okafor gave Downs a hard high-five.

At this moment, the momentum of Downs and Okafor has changed dramatically, and there is a world of difference from the previous state of the two, the two walked side by side to the frontcourt, wrapped in an indomitable momentum, which greatly boosted the morale of their teammates.

"That's right!" Hoggist saw it in his eyes, and said secretly in his heart: "Why am I so nosy, and I am making trouble for myself." ”

"Hoggist! They're starting to play the twin towers, how should we deal with it? Turner asked.